from http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/l/julia-leigh/hunter.htm
'In the vast wilderness of Tasmania's plateau, the Tasmanian tiger - the thylacine - long thought extinct, has been spotted, sparking the imagination of the locals and drawing the dubious interests of outsiders. One of the latter is M, whose objective is to find the creature for a multinational biotech company. In The Hunter, author Julia Leigh tracks M's fateful course, from his base camp with a young family whose ranks were decimated by the wilderness, to the forests where M immerses himself in the tiger's world - reading footprints in the mud, covering his scent with animal dung. What begins as a business proposition takes on mythic aspects as M's quest becomes ever more obsessive, a search not for ultimate profit but for the essence of life that technology has all but crushed.'

I really found this book quite compelling. The premise seemed a little strange initially, but the whole package worked incredibly - extremely well written.

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Released to Elddau1 to read.

A man hunting the legendary Tasmanian tiger, the thylacine.
I really liked this book, it was really well written and kept me turning the pages, even though I found the overall subject and small parts of the story distasteful at times.

I loved the way the author *walks* you through the Tasmanian bush. I am a bushwalker and Tasmania-lover so maybe I brought a lot of my own memories and sights and sounds of the bush to the book, but it was well written and flowed well. I read it longing, but at the same time dreading, to go back up that escarpment.

I enjoyed meeting the family in the rainbow house - the human side of the story - but was left dumbstruck and puzzled?…
I am going to make this ‘PC’ for the way it can make me escape to the bush.

countdebeans and I have just seen the movie of 'The Hunter'...
So great that someone recognised the brilliance of this book. It is so deserving of a movie.
And the movie well and truly did it justice. The way it captured the beauty of the Tasmanian wilderness was so right. (The wilderness is almost another character in the book.) And Willem Dafoe was perfect as the gritty, 'Heart of Darkness' type hunter.
The book is much darker, and at times more confronting than the movie and they have Hollywooded the ending of the book, as you might expect. But overall I thoroughly enjoyed and was left awestruck by both the movie and the book.

I'm now offering this as an AUS-ONLY BOOKRING.
PM me if you would like to join the list.

Order of readers:
Carole888
FreePages
Dancesports
Fleebo
Feryl
Melanie2474
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return to Elddau1

Sending to Carole888 to kick off the bookring.

It might get caught up with Christmas for you so take an extra month if you need.
*waving* across the Plain.

(Waving furiously .. and jumping up and down too!!) This looks really good. I'm looking forward to it. Thanks for the extra time .... and I'll try to get to it soon!! I can't believe that it's the end of the year ..... How on earth could this happen? Where did all that time go? Wishing you Peace, Joy and a wonderful, wonderful Christmas!! I'll be back to let you know how this goes.
PS .... I love your Christmas picture ... you look so cute!!

Back again and I really enjoyed reading this book. It was a page-turner for me too and I approached each scene with a mixture of suspicion, curiosity and dread. The descriptive passages of the bush created amazing scenes in my mind. It was beautiful and at the same time harsh and in some ways paralleled the nature of the hunter. I don't want to reveal too much but it was a gripping read .... The mention of the Thylacine was what originally attracted me to this book and wouldn't it be wonderful if there really was one somewhere out there? Thank you for sharing this Elddau1 and I'll be sending it travelling off to FreePages on Monday.

(Here is a link on a combination of all footage of the Thylacine (1930's) that I found on youtube):

Thylacine/The Tasmanian Tiger (3:13)
(very sad)

The book is travelling now for I posted it off this morning. Looking forward to hearing more news and reading everyone's journals. Thanks once again countdebeans and Elddau1! Cheers! :)

Picked up The Hunter from the PO Box during a family bike ride squeezed in between the flooding pouring rain that we've had all week.
I won some tickets on Facebook to see the movie and thoroughly enjoyed it. Such a great advertisement for the Tassy wilderness. Absolutely gorgeous scenery and such an original story-line. The movie and the novel being chosen for the Tassy short-list as one of the books to read during The National Year of Reading made me keen to read it. By the way, it didn't win as the Tassy book, Wanting by Richard Flanagan won, another book I would highly recommend.
After a quick look at the first page I don't think, I'll be disappointed. Such a nice slim novel, doesn't look intimidating at all. Might be able to get started today.
Thanks for sending it on Carole, along with the lovely other book and the postcard :)

I finished this book a while ago and have kept getting distracted from journalling and passing it on!
It is a fabulous read, immersed myself in it. While there are marked differences from the film both are very well done.
I kept trying to figure out why it seems very hard to put done and I just cant seem to put my finger on it. Very seamless writing.
I'll be looking out for more by this author.

Thanks for the opportunity to read it.
I'll try to contact Dancesports today and see if they are still interested :)

Picked up at the Bookcrossing meet at Capital Brewing Co in Fyshwick, ACT.

I notice this book is part of a bookray. Do you still want it back?

Thanks for checking, goldenwattle. Yes the book comes back to me. If you would pass the book to Hotfrog, she can give it to me when I see her next.

Released at the City Labour Club in Civic, ACT, during the Bookcrossing meet-up. Given to Hotfrog.